Button-fastener



D. E. TWEEDDALE.

BUTTON FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 25,4920.

1,346,352, PatentedJuly 13, 1920.

INVENTOR ,Z7anI'eZ E.71Zeea7daie ATTORNEY DANIEL E. TWEEDIDALE, OF SAN FRANCISCO,

CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 JOSEPH GI-IIOIDO, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

BUTTON -FA STENER.

Application filed February 25, 1920.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DANIEL E. TWEEDDALE, of San Francisco, California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Button-Fasteners, whereof the following is a specification.

This invention relates to button fastening-s.

The invention comprises, in general terms, a button having an eye for securing it to the article to which it is to be applied, a washer of rubber, or other flexible material, and a wire bent to embrace the washer upon one side, an extension to engage under the washer upon the other side, and an intermediate loop to engage the eye of the button.

Other features of the invention will appear in the description of the accompanying one sheet of drawing, in which I have shown a button with my fastener applied to it, and in which Figure l is an edge elevation of a button, with the eye broken away on one side, and with the washer in section and the wire in elevation, the parts being assembled in final position.

Fig. 2 is a View of the same parts, seen from below, and showing, in dotted lines, how the washer may be pulled out to one side to release it from the wire, or apply it thereto.

In. the figures, the button 1 has the usual fastening eye 2. Around the lower part of the eye is placed the washer 3, the hole in the washer accommodating the eye 2. The Wire is provided with the straight portion 5, which extends under the washer, at one side of the central hole, the loop 6, which passes through the eye of the button, and the loop 7, which embraces the washer between the hole and the edge thereof.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 13, 1920. Serial No. 361,307.

It will be observed that the end of the straight portion, 5, of the wire, is within the edge of the washer, and is thereby prevented from catching upon the clothing of the wearer. Also that the end of that portion of the wire which forms the loop 7, comes against the side of the bend 6 of the wire, and is thereby prevented from catching in the clothing of the wearer. To remove the button, the washer is seized by its edge, at the end 5 of the wire, and pulled out as indicated by the dotted lines, 8 and 9, in Fig. 2. The wire is then slipped up through the eye of the washer, 8, and the button may be slipped off. A reverse action returns the parts to their normal engagement.

I claim 1. A button fastening, comprising, in combination, a washer of flexible material, adapted to surround the eye of a button, and a wire having a loop adapted to engage the eye of a button, and its ends adapted to engage the said washer.

2. A button fastening, comprising, in combination, a washer of flexible material, having an eye adapted to surround the eye of a button, a wire having one end bent to embrace one side of the washer, and its opposite end adapted to engage the under side of the washer, and having also a loop adapted to pass through and engage the eye of a button. 7

3. A button fastening, comprising, in combination, a button, having an eye, a washer adapted to surround said eye, a wire attached to said washer by one end, and having its free end short of the periphery of the washer, said wire adapted to engage the eye of the button.

DANIEL E. TWEEDDALE. 

